sedan

The sedan is a type of car configuration. The most distinguishing feature of the sedan is that it has four passenger doors and a closed-off trunk space with a lid. In British-English and Irish-English the sedan is known as saloon, but in fact comes down to the same thing.

The sedan is best known for the two rows of passenger seats that both offer enough space for adult passengers. Whereas hatchback are smaller cars and usually have only room for two not too tall passengers on the back seat, the sedan offers much more head and leg space. Consequently, the sedan or saloon type is a popular car construction among businesspeople and medium-sized families.

The sedan is perfected for regular asphalted roads and usually doesn’t have an off-road functionality. All these factors make the sedan the most accessible type of vehicle that the regular market offers.

Late last year, Audi finally confirmed a new A8 would hit showrooms in 2018. Since then, the 2018 Audi A8 had some publicity by rolling on the Nürburgring and more recently in snowy weather up North in Sweden. In these spy shots the car is pretty well visible, although it’s all camo’ed up. Also, the A8 spyshots are much more exciting than any other recently spotted camouflaged car. Two things about the prototype stand out, which is the width and…

Kia is a car brand known for the very decent automobiles they construct. Their models all compete in their respective segments with quite the success. Every car recently spawned from Kia factories and designing tables is practical, reasonably fashionable and sensible. Now, the 2018 Kia Stinger is next in line for release and the first images have been revealed at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show. To be fair, the quirky, playful and blocky 2017 Kia Soul EV design was somewhat…

The 2016 Honda Clarity FCV is Honda’s first mass-production Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle. The car runs solely on hydrogen and thus has zero emissions when driving. Obviously, another step in eco-friendly car manufacturing, which has been going on since the late 1990s. It took quite a while for the experimental Clarity model to finally hit the mass-production line. Only in 1999 the first model was released. Then in 2008 the first small-sale Clarity FCX was produced. Finally in 2015 the…

2017 is going to be a big year for Tesla. Not only is the highly anticipated Model 3 supposed to be released that year, the classic Model S also gets a new update. This fully electric vehicle has been on the market since 2010 and recently experienced a surge in popularity. Of course, in terms of mileage the Tesla Model S really set the standard for all-electric vehicles. While it started off with 265 miles of electric range, through the…

The release of the 2017 Jaguar XE was a great one, since Jaguar aficionados have been waiting for this car since the official photos were released in 2014. The Jaguar XE is a rather regular looking sedan, this is because it is aimed as a direct competitor of the BMW 3 series. Of course, most of the exterior features are still visibly Jaguar, such as the grille, the headlights and the wheels. However, Jaguar is not willing to take on…

The Geneva Motor Show earlier this year was the podium on which the new Volkswagen Phideon was presented. Volkswagen had some rough years due to “dieselgate”, but still managed to release some new models for the 2017 model year. One of those is the 2017 Volkswagen Phideon, a sedan that is higher priced than the VW Passat. The VW Phideon name is a derivation from the Roman goddess of trust and good faith Fides. According to Volkswagen the name should…

Chrysler is a brand that used to have an extensive range of vehicles. The brand was founded in 1925 and went through many mergers through time. Nowadays, Chrysler is the eleventh largest automobile manufacturer worldwide. Lately they are focusing on fewer models, which grants them extra time and effort to perfect the models they do release. One of those, and a highly anticipated one too, is the 2018 Chrysler 300. After their successful release of the stylish minivan or family…

Especially noteworthy about the new Fusion is that it’s available in many trims with a range of optional powertrains. With a gasoline engine of course, but also as a hybrid electric vehicle. The Fusion has a friendly starting price, but can be configured as a premium luxury vehicle as well. Then, even a powerful V6 engine is optional, greatly played by Ford to pull a larger public toward the 2017 Ford Fusion. So, 2017 will be a game changing year…

Buick’s Avenir concept car that was released in 2015, set the expectations for upcoming 2017 Buick Lacrosse very high. The Avenir had great exterior and interior styling and looked like a great flagship sedan. We were a little disappointed when no moves were made at Buick to extend the Avenir to something beyond just a concept car. Luckily, many successful design cues from the Avenir are starting to make their way onto other Buick models. That also happened with the…